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Arne Slot celebrating after being named Premier League champions at the end of match between Liverpool FC and Tottenham Hotspur FC at Anfield on April 27, 2025(Image: Andrew Powell/Liverpool FC via Getty Images))

In less than 12 months, Arne Slot has gone from being a relative unknown at Feyenoord to a Premier League-winning coach at Liverpool.

It represents a stunning achievement for someone who only began his managerial career in 2016.

Here, as part of our 48-page special standalone that is on sale now, the ECHO's Paul Gorst gets the views of a current player, an ex-team-mate and a former Liverpool captain to get the lowdown on how Slot did it and what it means at Anfield.

THE PLAYER'S VIEW - ANDY ROBERTSON

It was as early as the first meeting between Arne Slot and the Liverpool squad he inherited when he outlined his plan to become Premier League champions.

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Having replaced a manager as revered as the iconic Jurgen Klopp, it would have been easy to have urged caution and patience, particularly given qualification for the Champions League was viewed as an acceptable accomplishment for a coach who only a few knew much about this time last year.

Neither Manchester United nor Arsenal, for example, were able to absorb the departures of Alex Ferguson and Arsene Wenger - two vaunted, patriarchal figures at their respective clubs - effectively and many were tipping Liverpool for a similar fate in a post-Klopp world.

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But when Slot informed his players that their third-place finish of Klopp's final term could be improved upon on his watch, those with the big reputations in the dressing room were receptive.

It's why the exit of such a larger-than-life character like Klopp cut so deep when he walked away last year.

It's fair to say the more reserved and understated Slot is a different personality to the charismatic Klopp and it's why so many were quick to liken the passing of the baton to that of Bill Shankly to Bob Paisley 50 years earlier.

"Obviously the previous manager, you could see how he was such a big character and if he was here now he'd have everyone laughing and joking and you saw that over the years was at Liverpool," Robertson explains.

"This manager is a bit more reserved off the field, a bit quieter and I think you can see the differences tactically too.

The Premier League this season, if you would have asked all the fans what they would like they would tell you this.

It's been a conveyor belt of managers.

"Liverpool had such an icon in Klopp and he was more than a football manager, he was like part of the community, everyone loved him and he was so important to the people of the city.

"Before I even knew Arne Slot, I thought it would be difficult and I thought he would do well to last a year.

And that is what he has done and it is absolutely frightening and an amazing season for him.

"I like the way he has gone about it and I don't think any Liverpool fan would have felt it could have gone as well as this because I think I even said top four would be a great season and anything else was a bonus.
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